All our communications comes through the fiber optic tubes - telecom. We are under total surveillance. Gathering information is the easy part - the difficult part is the crunch and analysis. It's also a matter of data overload - where are you going to store all that data? Anyone who knows SQL can do a hack on a database, but what do you do with the data?
First, build a massive storage center in the middle of nowhere. Then, you run it through a super-computer like a Cray using software to crunch the numbers. NSA Local Offices: <http://www.expressnews.com/news/military/article/Local-offices-of-NSA-k\ ept-off-the-books-4603085.php> 'The Shadow Factory' The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America by James Bamford Anchor Books, 2009 'The Watchers' The Rise of America's Surveillance State by Shane Harris Penguin, 2011 <http://tinyurl.com/n2a7x24>
